One-Click iPhone App Cracker Released to the Public — Recently we have reported on what can happen when iPhone software from the Apple store is cracked and made available to the public. In our articles we briefly touched on how these applications were cracked, via a piece of code known as Crackulous.

Adobe, Apple working together on Flash for iPhone — Once thought to be building Flash for the iPhone mostly on its own, Adobe has mentioned at the World Economic Forum that it's not only continuing work on the animation plug-in but has teamed up with Apple to make it a reality.

How Twitter Was Born — Twitter was born about three years ago, when @Jack, @Biz, @Noah, @Crystal, @Jeremy, @Adam, @TonyStubblebine, @Ev, me (@Dom), @Rabble, @RayReadyRay, @Florian, @TimRoberts, and @Blaine worked at a podcasting company called Odeo, Inc. in South Park, San Francisco.

Credit problem takes down the iTunes store — I just opened the iTunes store to attempt to buy last night's episode of Battlestar Galactica and was greeted with a message telling me that my store credit balance is currently unavailable. I found that odd because I don't currently have any credits …

Davos09: Open Bank — At the end of my Davos week, I finally saw tiny notes of hope - faint LEDs at the end of a long tunnel - and they came not from the business, government, and journalistic leaders here but instead from technologists, entrepreneurs, and educators.

Dell's rumored smartphone: Look out RIM — OK, so Dell and Apple have been locked in a marketing war for years. Dell has long been considered the default PC for enterprise, while Apple has positioned itself as the most influential consumer computer brand in the world.

The Future of SlingPlayer Mobile — While I'm not quite ready to speculate on Sling Media's future retail presence and hardware initiatives, in light of recent defections, we do have a few clues as to their current mobile strategy. — SlingPlayer Mobile (SPM), which enables you to watch …

Flatworld: Open Textbooks — Flatworld, a open textbook publishing company, has finally come out of private beta. Here's what makes it different: … This isn't entirely new - for example, Rice University is doing something similar with its opencourseware - but it's probably the first time it's been made the basis of a startup.